Carline.



J. A. COSTELLO:

CARLINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1918.

Patented Apr. 8

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JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CLEVELAND CAR SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

CARLINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed September 25, 1918. Serial No. 255,545.

To all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and use ful Carline, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pressed steel carline adapted for use as a transverse member of a car-roof-frame and readily pressable by means of dies from a single steel plate or sheet of suitable dimensions, and this invention pertains more especially to a metal carline having a bodywhich is not only in the form of a trough adapted to be interposed endwise between the two laterally spaced side plates of a car-roof-frame and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and ex tending from end to end of said body but has two end flanges which are formed at opposite ends respectively and project downwardly from said body and extend transversely of the carline and laterally of and outwardly beyond the sides of said body and to the aforesaid longitudinal flanges.

One object of this invention is to produce aninexpensive oarline of the character indicated which is more especially adapted to be interposed wholly between and to adequately brace the hereinbefore mentioned side plates.

Another object is end flanges of said carline extend enough below the hereinbefore mentioned body to enable the formation, in said flanges below the bottom of said body, of holes for the reception of rivets employed in securing the carline to the hereinbelore mentioned side plates, so as to avoid any weakening by said holes of the upper portions of said flanges, and so as to facilitate riveting of said flanges to said side plates.

Another object is to efficiently brace the inner side of each end portion of each transverse .end flange of my improved carline along the outer side edges and from top to bottom of said portion of said flange, and

to have the transverse consequently to brace said flange not only at points spaced outwardly from the sides of the hereinbefore mentioned body but at points lower than the rivet-holes formed in said flange at points below said body.

the adjacent far Another object is to brace each end portion of each transverse end flange by a substantially triangular laterally facing brace which is formed between said transverse flange and the adjacent longitudinal flange and integral with said flanges and has an inclined bottom edge extending substantially straight to said longitudinal flange from the bottom edge of said transverse flange.

Another object is not only to have the hereinbefore-mentioned body substantially uniform in width from end to end and to have each end portion of each longitudinal flange gradually enlarged in width toward transverse end flange and to have said transverse flange extending laterally of and outwardly from said body as far as the widest portions of the adjacent end portions of the longitudinal flanges extend from said body, but to have the brace-forming members for said transverse flange diverge toward said transverse flange so that the inclined edges of said brace-forming members converge upwardly and so that said brace-forming members are contoured and arranged as required to efliciently brace said transverse flange against all strains or stresses to which it may be subjected.

Another object is to have my improved carline strong enough in its end portions and to have said end portions so contoured that, when said carline is interposed between laterally facing member of the adjacent side plate during racking or weaving of a railway car having said car-roof-frame.

With these objects in view this invention consists in such peculiarities in the contour of the end portions of the carline and in such relative arrangement of the parts. as are hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of a carline embodying my invention and shows the carline applied to the side plates of a car-roof-frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken ,along the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along either line 8-3, Fig. 2, looking outwardly. Fig. 4: is a horizontal section taken along the line M, Fig. 3, looking upwardly.

My improved carline is adapted for use as a transverse member of a car-roof-frame comprising two laterally spaced substantially parallel metal side plates each of which is shown as consisting of a substantially horizontal angle-bar A arranged so as to have one member 6 thereof facing laterally and forming the inner side of the side plate formed by said bar.

Arranged wholly between the side plates A is a metal carline embodying my invention and having a body B which is U-shaped in cross-section and consequently in the form of a trough. Said body B is shown interposed endwise between the laterally facing members 6 of the side plates A. The body B is provided at the top of each side thereof with a laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flange 7 extending longitudinally and from end to end of said body. The body B is provided at each of its ends with an end flange 8 extending transversely of the carline.

The body B is preferably substantially uniform in width from end to end, and each end portion gradually enlarged in width, as at 9, toward the adjacent transverse flange 8. The flanges 7 and 8 are shown integral with the body B. Each transverse flange 8 forms a U-shaped abutment for the inner side of the laterally facing member 6 of the adjacent side plate and has its outer face arranged therefore opposite and next said side of said member of said side plate and is attached to said side plate aswill hereinafter appear. Each transverse flange 8 is shown arranged wholly between the top andbottom of the inner side of the adjacent side plate and preferably measures considerably more horizontally than vertically.

The transverse flanges 8 are shown extending laterally of and outwardly from the body B as far as the widest portions of the end portions of the longitudinal flanges 7 extend from said body. The central portion of each transverse flange 8 connects with and projects downwardly from the adjacent end of the bottom of the body B. Each end portion of each transverse flange 8 extends above the central portion of said flange and connects at its upper end with the adjacent end of the adjacent longitudinal flange 7 and also connects with the adjacent side of the body B. Preferably ach end portion of each transverse flange 8 extends as far below as above the bottom of the body B.

Each end portion of each transverse flange 8 is provided at a point lower than the bottom of the body B with a rivet-hole 10 shown occupied by a rivetG employed in securing said flange, and consequently the carline, to the laterally facing member 6 of the adjacent side plate A. Not unimportant is the extension of the end portions of each transthe body B to enable the of each longitudinal flange 7 is verse flange 8, as shown, far enough below formation, in said flange below the-bottom of said body, of the rivet-holes 10 of the flange, so as to avoid any weakening by said flange above said bottom, and so as to facilitate riveting of said portions of said flange to the adjacent side plate.

Arranged at the inner side of each end portion of each transverse flange 8, between said portion of said flange and the adjacent end portion of the adjacent longitudinal flange 7, is a substantially triangular braceforming member 12 which faces laterally of the carline and extends endwise of said longitudinal flange at the outer longitudinal edge of said longitudinal flange and up and down the adjacent side edge of said transverse flange. Preferably each brace-forming member 12 is integral with the adjacent longitudinal flange 7 and with the adjacent transverse flange 8 and has an inclined bottom edge 13 extending diagonally between said flanges and substantially straight to said longitudinal flange from the bottom edge of said transverse flange.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that my improved carline is shown as arranged wholly between and adequately braces the laterally facing members 6 of the side plates A, that the extension of the central and end portions of each transverse flange 8 of the carline as far below the bottom of the body B as said end Y and that each brace-forming member 12 extends to the lower extremity of the contiguous end portion of the adjacent transverse flange 8 and consequently extends not only below the bottom of the body 8 but lower than the rivet-hole 10 formed in said portion of said transverse flange at a point lower than said bottom and where said flange can be conveniently riveted to the laterally facing member 6 of the adjacent side plate. It will also be observed that the brace-forming members 12 of each end portion of the carline, by their extension as far below as above the bottom of the body B and their divergence toward the contiguous transverse flange 8 and the convergence of their inclined edges 13 upwardly from said flange, as shown in Fig. 3, have the dimensions, contour and arrangement required to constitute simple and efficient means whereby said flange is adequately braced against all strains or stresses to which it may be subjected, and I would here remark that, in a railway car having a car-roof-frame comprising the hereinbefore mentioned sideplate-forming angle-bars and carlines embodying my invention, the laterally facing membersof said. bars are efficiently braced during racking or weaving of'the car.

What I claim is i 1. A metal, carline having. a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending from end to end of said body and is provided at each of its ends with a flange extending transversely of the carline, said transverse flange being larger horizontally than vertically and having its central portion connecting with and projecting downwardly from the bot-tom of said body and having each end portion thereof extending above said central portion and below said bottom and connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with the adjacent side of said body, and two brace-forming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange and "facing laterally of'the carline, each of said brace-forming members extending up and down the adjacent outer side edge of said'transverseflange and endwise of the adjacent longitudinal flange and being integral withsaid flanges, and each end portion of said transverse flange being provided with a rivet-hole at a point which is c bove the bottom edge of the flange and below the "aforesaid body.

2. A metal carline having a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending from end to end of said" body and is provided at each of its ends with a flange extending transversely of the carline, said transverse flange having its central portion connecting with and projecting downwardly from the bottom of said body and having each end portion thereof extending above said central portion and connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with the adjacent side of said body, and two substantially triangular bracerforming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange and facing laterally of the carline, each of said brace-forming members extending endwise of the adjacent longitudiinal flange and up and down said transverse flange and being rigid with said flanges and having an inclined bottom edge extending substantially straight from the bottom edge of said transverse flange up wardly and inwardly to said longitudinal flange.

3. A metal carline having a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at opposite sides respectively and extending from end .tudinal flange having to end of said body and is provided at each of its ends with a flange extending transversely of the carline, said transverse flange having its central portion connecting with said body between the sides of the body and having each end portion thereof connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with the adjacent side of said body, and two brace-forming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange and facing laterally of the carline, each of said braceforming members extending endwise of the adjacent longitudinal flange and being rigid with said longitudinal flange and with said transverse flange, and said brace-forming members diverging toward said transverse flange.

i; A metal carline having a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively 1 nd extending from end to end of said body and is provided at each of its ends with a transverse flange which has its central portion pro-jecting downwardly from the bottom of said body and has each end portion thereof extending above said central portion and as far below as above said bottom and con- 1 necting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with said body, and two braceforming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of and diverging toward said transverse flange and facing laterally of the carline, each longieach end portion thereof enlarged in width toward the adjacent transverse flange, each of said braceformingmembers extending up and down the adjacent transverse flange and end'wise of the adjacent longitudinal flange and being rigid with, said flanges, and the bottom edges of the brace-forming members of each end portion of the carline converging upwardly from the adjacent transverse flange.

5. A metal carline having a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and is U-shaped in cross-section and provided at each of its ends with a flange extending transversely of the carline and has two latorally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending from end to end of said body, the aforesaid transverse flange being larger horizontally than vertically and having its central portion projecting downwardly from said bottom and having each end portion thereof extending above said central portion and as far below as above said bottom and connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with said body, and two brace-forming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of and diverging tosecured to the adjacent side ward said transverse flange and facing laterally of the carline, each end-portion of said transverse flange being provided with a rivet-hole at a point lower than the aforesaid bottom, and each of said brace-forming members being rigid with said transverse flange and with the adjacent longitudinal flange and extending as far below as above said bottom. s

6. The. combination, with two laterally spaced side plates of a car-roof-frame, of a metal carline having a body which extends between the upper portions of said side plates and has two laterally and outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending to the ends of said body and is spaced upwardly from the bottom of said side plates and provided at each of its ends with a transverse flange Whichis larger horizontally than vertically and arranged opposite the inner side of the adjacent side plate and has its central portion projectingdownwardly from vthe bottom of said body and has each end portion thereof extending above and below said bottom and connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange and with said body, and two brace-forming mem bers arranged at the inner sideof opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange, each of said brace-forming members being rigid with said transverse flange and with the adjacent longitudinal flange, and said transverse flange being secured to the adjacent side plate at points between the lower portions of said brace-forming members and lower than the aforesaid body.

7. The combination, with two e laterally spaced side plates of a car-roof-frame, of a metal carline having a body which extends longitudinally of the carline and is U-shaped in cross-section and interposed endwise between the upper portions of said side'plates and provided at each end with a transverse flange contoured and arranged to form a U-shaped abutment for the inner side of and plate and has two external longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending from end toend of said body and flange and extending adjacent angle-bar.

having each end portion thereof enlargedin width toward the adjacent side plate, and said transverse flange having its central portion projecting downwardly from the bot tom of said body and having each end portion thereof extending below and above said bottom and connecting with the adjacent longitudinal flange, and 'two braceforming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange and diverging toward the adjacent side plate, each of said brace-forming-members conecting with said transverse flange and with the adjacentlongitudinal as far below as above the aforesaid bottom.'

8. The combination, with two laterally spaced angle-bars eaclihaving one member thereof forming the inner side of a side plate of'a car-roof-frame, of a metal carline having a body which extendslongitudinally of the carline and has two outwardly projecting longitudinal flanges arranged at the top of opposite sides respectively and extending from end to end of said body and is interposed between the upper portions of said angle-bars and provided'at each end with a transverse flange facing and forming an abutment for the adjacent anglebar, said transverse flange being larger horizontally than vertically andhaving each end portion thereof extending below saidbody and to the adjacent longitudinal flange, and two brace-forming members arranged at the inner side of opposite end portions respectively of said transverse flange, each of said brace-forming members connecting with said transverse flange and with the adjacent longitudinal flange and having its lower portion arranged lower than the aforesaid body, and each transverse flange being riveted at points lower than said body, tofthe In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A COSTELLO.

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